ITALIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1793

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ITALIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1793
Ercole III d'Este (1727-1803), Duke of Modena, in red-collared blue coat, frilled white cravat, ermine-bordered red cloak, wearing the red sash and breast-star of the Order of the Holy Spirit, powdered hair worn en queue, campment background
on ivory
2 3/8 in. (60 mm.) diam., gilt-metal frame with beaded surround and tied ribbon surmount

注意事项

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拍品专文

Ercole III Rinaldo of Este, Duke of Modena, Reggio and Mirandola 1780-1803, Duke of Breisgau in 1801, married Princess Maria-Teresa of Cybo-Malaspina, the heiress of Massa and Carrara, in 1741. He participated in the war against Revolutionary France in 1793, was deposited by Napoleon in 1796 and abdicated in 1803 in favour of his son-in-law Archduke Ferdinand of Habsburg; his only daughter and heiress, Maria Beatrice, had been married to the fourth son of Holy Roman Empress Maria-Theresia since 1771.